Subfamily Carcharhininae Jordan and Evermann 1896 (requiem shark)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Parent taxon: Carcharhinidae according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997
See also Landau et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Abdounia, Alopiopsis, Aprionodon, Archaeogaleus, Carcharhinus, Danogaleus, Eogaleus, Galeocerdo, Glyphis, Hypoprion, Isogomphodon, Kruckowlamna, Lamiopsis, Loxodon, Misrichthys, Nasolamia, Negaprion, Physodon, Prionace, Pseudabdounia, Rhizoprionodon, Scoliodontinae, Tingaleus, Triaenodon
Subtaxa: Carcharhinini Rhizoprionodontini Triaenodontini
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Carcharhininae in the database